I was finishing up several loaves of SD tonight and had an experience that I
just had to share with the group. I was sitting at the computer trying to
get caught up on some work while the last loaf was in the oven (SD with a
cinnamon swirl... mmm...). When my timer went off, I delayed for a few
minutes longer and then ran up the stairs and threw open the open while
starting to grab for the oven mitts. As I threw the oven door down, I had to
turn away for a brief moment to shield my face from the heat and then as I
turned back towards to oven, I distinctly saw something fly very quickly
out of the oven and disappear to my right side. I thought "What the heck was
that? There couldn't be any ALIVE in the oven since it had been closed and
at 350 degrees for the last 17 minutes..." (that was since I flipped the
loaf front to back to even the browning). I then suddenly realized it must
have been a BREAD FAERY... I have read about them here at r.f.s. many times
and have often wondered if they were just a joke OR just someone's
imagination OR had been seen after someone had enjoyed too much hooch OR
maybe they were just one of Dick's wise cracks (you always keep me laughing
Dick... ;-) ).

I kept thinking about this while the bread cooled and I was getting some
work caught up for tomorrow. I just couldn't figure out what really
happened... had I just seen a bread faery? As you could imagine, it kept my
mind distracted from my work for a little while. I then realized that since
I had the windows and doors open for a while today (southeast Missouri was
warm... mid-60's) and I did happen to see a few moths that had gotten in
when the screen door was opened and closed... I figured that a moth must
have been startled by my sudden arrival at the oven and when I threw open
the door, it flew through the area of the open door and as I turned back
toward the oven after shielding my face for a moment from the initial burst
of heat, I thought it came flying out of the oven. Now that story sounds
LOGICAL to my left brain... but the right brain is still a little
suspicious... My left brain just wants to reason it away and just can't
quite accept the possibility of it being a bread faery. My right brain is
thinking that I spotted a bread faery that was getting out of the oven after
a job well done! I don't know...

Here's hoping you all have a GREAT week and keep a sharp eye out for those
bread faeries... as I am starting to believe...

Denny

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oops... typo... obviously the sentence should have read as:

....When my timer went off, I delayed for a few minutes longer and then ran
up the stairs and threw open the OVEN while
starting to grab for the oven mitts.

....darn spell-checkers... what good are they if they don't catch your
mistakes... ;-)

Denny

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I can be reached by sending to "my posting name" at that free, Microsoft,
electronic mail service.

"Denny_from_MO" wrote in message
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I was finishing up several loaves of SD tonight and had an experience that
I just had to share with the group. I was sitting at the computer trying to
get caught up on some work while the last loaf was in the oven (SD with a
cinnamon swirl... mmm...). When my timer went off, I delayed for a few
minutes longer and then ran up the stairs and threw open the open while
starting to grab for the oven mitts. As I threw the oven door down, I had
to...

Denny_from_MO wrote:



... keep a sharp eye out for those
bread faeries... as I am starting to believe...



It is a good sign. They won't be seen until you are ready to see them.
The Karma in your kitchen must be improving. Or, possibly, you had
too much Guiness.

Regards,

Charles

Oh, that should be capitol letteres on Bread Faeries.